Vices attack Man. unknown c. 1510-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'6" x W 27' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp, 6-7/cm); wool (weft, 16-54/cm); silk (weft, 26-52/cm) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: French & Co. Spain, Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Cathedral of La Seo. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banderole held by Prophet in L corner [reweaving has made inscription illegible, but it may possbily have read]: EJICE ILLOSE FACIE MEA Inscriptions: Inscriptions in central field, identifying figures [some include]: HOMO (M
Vices attack Man. unknown c. 1510-1525 Tapestry Dimensions: H 13'6" x W 27' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp, 6-7/cm); wool (weft, 16-54/cm); silk (weft, 26-52/cm) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: French & Co. Spain, Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Cathedral of La Seo. Inscriptions: City mark on lower guard, right Inscriptions: Inscription in central field, on banderole held by Prophet in L corner [reweaving has made inscription illegible, but it may possbily have read]: EJICE ILLOSE FACIE MEA Inscriptions: Inscriptions in central field, identifying figures [some include]: HOMO (Man), LABOR (Labor), NATURA (Nature), TE[M]TAT (Temptation), MU[N]D[US] (World), [C]ARO (Flesh), LUXURIA (Luxury), CULPA (Fault/Error) & [RA]CIO or [CONTRI]CIO (Reason) Vices (Pride Avarice, Vanity, Gluttony & Luxury) enthroned in judgement (top center); personification of Labor approaches personification of Man (Homo), flanked by Nature & Sloth, along with 2 other Vices (top, L of center); Holy Trinity ('Trinitas coelestis': Father, Son & Holy Ghost) seated next to Fountain of Life (upper L); Man is driven out by personifications of Justice holding sword & hooded figure of Guilt (bottom L); personification of Temptation (Temptor=devil) approaches Man with spear while World, Flesh, Guilt, Human Nature & 2 others look on (bottom center); personification of Luxury offering Man crown as Labor leans on shovel (bottom, R of center); court of Luxury attended by Man, Gluttony, Flesh, Culpa & Reason (upper R) (BRD) twisting vines of foliage & flowers Possibly woven in Brussels (Cavallo). The "Redemption of Man" series comprises 10 known compositions. Scholars have compiled comprehensive groupings of extant tapestry panels (both whole & fragmentary). At least 30 surviving panels can be organized within the 10 subjects (see Cavallo & Bennett for further discussions) (Dimitrova). No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Bennett, Tapestry San Francisco (1992), 54-77, Ca
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